Aaron Jones was walking his land in Carterville with a prospective homebuyer five years ago when he said he saw the ditch ...

Gina Lamar Evans talks about sex for a living—and why awareness is Chicago’s best defense against HIV   In a city with abundant medical resources, the one of the greatest barriers to public health is ...

Beneath the shadow of the bustling overpass on Chicago’s Near West Side, where Desplaines Street meets Hubbard, is an informal encampment residents call the “Chocolate Factory.” Jeremy Holomshek, ...

The City of Chicago is searching for financial solutions amidst hundreds of pending police misconduct cases, spending more ...

Founded on the heels of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, The Chicago Reporter confronts racial and economic inequality ...

This story was originally published by the Illinois Answers Project. CHICAGO — LaShon Minter Williams is waiting for a letter that could arrive any day now — one that may force her to leave the home ...

We are enamored with films that depict migrants coming to America on sea who are welcomed by the sight of the Statue of Liberty and the comfortability of the New York shores. As I watch ICE bang on a ...

Cook County residents experience high financial stress at more than twice the national rate, a new study by Financial Health Network finds. Published in January, the study looked at eight measures of ...

In the late 1960s, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. brought his nonviolent revolution to Chicago. Invited by the Chicago Freedom Movement, Dr. King joined dozens of civil rights organizations demanding ...

The Community Renewal Society is unrelenting in its commitment to supporting the independent, in-depth work of the Chicago Reporter, and with that we are happy to share with you that Glenn Reedus will ...

Research shows that arrests for serious crimes are quite rare. Credit: Blake Nissen for The Boston Globe via Getty Images. My recent review of 50 years of national crime data confirms that, as police ...

The planned closing of Mercy Hospital underscores the dramatic loss of maternity services in Chicago over the past year — reflecting the failure of local government agencies to adequately fund ...